Chatham Islands Shag vs Neotropical Cormorant

Leucocarbo onslowi verglichen mit Nannopterum brasilianum

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Chatham Islands Shag Neotropical Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Leucocarbo onslowi Nannopterum brasilianum
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Critically Endangered Least Concern
Länge — —
Flügelspannweite 51,8 cm (20.4 in) —
Gewicht 2095,0 g (73.90 oz) 1452,5 g (51.24 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3 1-7
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Chatham Islands Shag only

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Neotropical Cormorant only

Erhaltungsstatus

Critically Endangered

Chatham Islands Shag

Least Concern

Neotropical Cormorant

About These Birds

Chatham Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange-red caruncles at bill base. Endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Critically Endangered; total population fewer than 1,000 birds. Restricted to a few Chatham Islands colonies; feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding coastal waters.

Neotropical Cormorant

58–73 cm. Dark brown-black; olive-yellow bare facial skin; small crest in breeding. Most widely distributed New World cormorant; resident from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego in freshwater and coastal habitats. Feeds on fish by diving; colonial nester in trees near water.

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